Franz Fellner, 51, holds a doctorate in medicine and a postdoctoral qualification in diagnostic radiology. He is the head physician of the Central Radiology Institute at Kepler University Hospital in the Austrian city of Linz, and extraordinary professor at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 2011, he was awarded a distinction by the President of the European Society of Radiology for the best scientific contribution ("Challenges in Imaging"). As one of the first users of Cinematic Rendering, Fellner was quick to recognize the technology's potential, employing it in anatomy lessons and making valuable contributions to fine-tuning the technology and developing new clinical and non-clinical applications.